First trip to Labor and Delivery

So Savannah and I have been having tummy issues for about 5 days. She seems to be ok with drinking plenty of fluids and not throwing up, but Thursday and Friday I could not keep anything down at all. I called my Dr just to see if there is something I could take and because I was having severe cramping that was bringing me to tears, they told me I had to go to the hospital. Luckily I have super awesome friends and neighbors that called me back and I actually had options for Savannah. She stayed with my really amazing neighbor Ginger for 5 hours while Noah was stuck at work and I was stuck with an IV in my hand. Thank you Elise too!! Your so sweet for offering to help and checking up on me!

I have never had any issues with needles. I am not scared of them and they are always easy for nurses to find my veins and stick me with. Yesterday was a different story. I was told I had flat veins because I was so dehydrated and was probably going to break my nurses record of doing perfect IV sticks. She used a newborn baby needle and after a little digging, was able to get everything going. After 3 liters of fluid, peeing in a cup, and getting a catheter, I was finally allowed to go home. They still have no idea what caused me to not keep anything down, but I am now fully hydrated and the crazy pain is gone. I just really hope I do not continue to feel sick because the next thing would be a stool sample and I pray that is something I never have to do in my life!

So I have now broken my goal of only going to the hospital once during this pregnancy. With Savannah I went 4 times before I was finally going to give birth and this time I wanted it to be just once. Oh well, I guess you cant really predict everything.